Today's story is from Japan. It is the story of a young pearl diver named Tokoyo.

Folktale Friday

TOKOYO AND THE SEA MONSTER 

Listen to this short extract for A2 level English learners as part of my Learn English with Pip course.

Learn English with Pip

Reading extract: a police story (English A2 level) 

A South Korean musical about a teenage girl who meets a mysterious magician.

Vocabulary:
burden: something heavy you carry, whether physical or figurative
creditor: someone you owe money to
magician: a person who does magic tricks
wind-up toy: a toy that uses a clockwork motor to move
rat race: constantly competing to get ahead
distraction: something that moves your attention elsewhere

Learn English with Stories

Movie Series: The Sound of Magic

This episode lets break down a sure fire way to describe a recent book that moved you and/or answering this will help build confidence for the IELTS examiner you will most certainly have related to this topic.



Baffling Lingo

Reader Dissection

Dans cet épisode, nous clarifions une confusion fréquente entre stores en anglais et stores en français.

Le français sans confusion

Store VS Store

This is a short Persian podcast for elementary learners about two friends that are planning to go for a walk in the park.

TheFarsiPod

7. Everyday activities: go walking

¿Es indispensable viajar al país donde se habla la lengua meta para desarrollarla?
Escúchanos a Camila y a mí hablar de forma brevísima sobre esta creencia.

Mucho que decir

Viajar a otro país para aprender el idioma.

IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 - Topic - Giving gifts:

Q. When do people give gifts or presents in your country?
Q. Do you ever take a gift when you visit someone in their home? [Why/Why not?]
Q. When did you last receive a gift? [What was it?]
Q. Do you enjoy looking for gifts for people? [Why/Why not?]

How many seconds do you normally speak for? Have you counted it?

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 - Topic - Giving gifts:

한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222944454325
https://youtu.be/daGN-O-hOXY

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.